
ComplianceBridge Corporation
By clicking the
"Accept" checkbox displayed as part of the initial setup, you agree
to the following terms and conditions (the "agreement") governing
your use of the ComplianceBridge TotalCompliance Suite, including offline components
(collectively, the "service"). If you are entering into this
agreement on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent that you
have the authority to bind such entity to these terms and conditions, in which
case the terms "you" or "your" shall refer to such entity.
If you do not have such authority, or if you do not agree with these terms and
conditions, you must select the "Reject" button and may not use the
service.
As part of the
Service, ComplianceBridge Corp. will provide you with use of the Service,
including a browser interface, transmission, access, storage and (optionally)
data encryption. Your registration for, or use of, the Service shall be deemed
to be your agreement to abide by this Agreement including any materials available
on the ComplianceBridge Corp. website incorporated by reference herein,
including but not limited to ComplianceBridge Corp.'s privacy and security
policies. For reference, a Definitions section is included at the end of this
Agreement.
ComplianceBridge
Corp.'s privacy and security policies may be viewed at http://www.ComplianceBridge.com. ComplianceBridge Corp. reserves the
right to modify its privacy and security policies as needed from time to time.
Note that because the Service is a hosted, online application, ComplianceBridge
Corp. occasionally may need to notify all users of the Service of important
announcements regarding the operation of the Service. If you Accept the terms
of this agreement you agree that ComplianceBridge Corp. can disclose the fact
that you are a customer of the Service that you are using.
1.
Definitions
"Agreement" means these online terms of use, whether
written or submitted online, and any materials available on the ComplianceBridge
Corp. website specifically incorporated by reference herein, as such materials,
including the terms of this Agreement, may be updated by ComplianceBridge Corp.
from time to time in its sole discretion;
"ComplianceBridge
Corp. Technology"
means all of ComplianceBridge Corp.'s proprietary technology (including
software, hardware, products, processes, algorithms, user interfaces, know-how,
techniques, designs and other tangible or intangible technical material or
information) made available to you by ComplianceBridge Corp. in providing the
Service;
"Contact" means the individual(s) of your
organization who have the legal authorization to represent your organization
for purposes of this Agreement.
"Content" means the audio and visual information,
documents, software, products and services contained or made available to you
in the course of using the Service;
"Customer
Data" means any
data, information or material provided or submitted by you to the Service in
the course of using the Service;
"Effective
Date" means the
earlier of either the date this Agreement is accepted by selecting the
"Accept" option presented on the screen after this Agreement is
displayed or the date you begin using the Service;
"Intellectual
Property Rights"
means unpatented inventions, patent applications, patents, design rights,
copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain name rights, mask
work rights, know-how and other trade secret rights, and all other intellectual
property rights, derivatives thereof, and forms of protection of a similar
nature anywhere in the world;
"License
Administrator(s)"
means those Users designated by you who are authorized to perform
administrative functions including, but not limited to, purchase licenses
create User accounts and otherwise administer your use of the Service;
"Licensed
Domain" means the
Service -- website, application,
database, and corresponding content -- for the use by a single entity. Multiple Licensed Domains for a single
entity are not allowed without the expressed written permission of
ComplianceBridge Corp.
"Licensee"
means the legal entity
who/which is authorized to, and does accept this Agreement.
"Service" means the ComplianceBridge Corp.'s
online TotalCompliance solution, developed, operated, and maintained by
ComplianceBridge Corp., accessible via
http://ComplianceBridge.com/[organization] or another designated web site or IP
address, or ancillary online or offline products and services provided to you
by ComplianceBridge Corp., to which you are being granted access under this
Agreement.
"User(s)" means your employees, representatives,
consultants, contractors or agents who are authorized to use the Service and
have been supplied user identifications and passwords by you (or by ComplianceBridge
Corp).
2. License
Grant & Restrictions
ComplianceBridge
Corp. hereby grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide right to
use the Service, solely for your own internal business purposes, subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement. All rights not expressly granted to you
are reserved by ComplianceBridge Corp. and its licensors.
You may not
access the Service if you are a direct competitor of ComplianceBridge Corp.,
except with ComplianceBridge Corp.'s prior written consent. In addition, you
may not access the Service for purposes of monitoring its availability,
performance or functionality, or for any other benchmarking or competitive
purposes.
You shall not
(i) license, sublicense, sell, resell, transfer, assign, distribute or
otherwise commercially exploit or make available to any third party the Service
or the Content in any way; (ii) modify or make derivative works based upon the
Service or the Content; (iii) create Internet "links" to the Service
or "frame" or "mirror" any Content on any other server or
wireless or Internet-based device; or (iv) reverse engineer or access the
Service in order to (a) build a competitive product or service, (b) build a
product using similar ideas, features, functions or graphics of the Service, or
(c) copy any ideas, features, functions or graphics of the Service.
You may use the
Service only for your internal business purposes and shall not: (i) send spam
or otherwise duplicative or unsolicited messages in violation of applicable
laws; (ii) send or store infringing, obscene, threatening, libelous, or
otherwise unlawful material, including material harmful to children or of third
party privacy rights; (iii) send or store material containing software viruses,
worms, Trojan horses or other harmful computer code, files, scripts, agents or
programs; (iv) interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the
Service or the data contained therein; or (v) attempt to gain unauthorized
access to the Service or its related systems or networks.
3. Your Responsibilities
You are
responsible for all activity occurring under your User accounts and shall abide
by all applicable local, state, national and foreign laws, treaties and
regulations in connection with your use of the Service, including those related
to data privacy, international communications and the transmission of technical
or personal data. You shall: (i) notify ComplianceBridge Corp. immediately of
any unauthorized use of any password or account or any other known or suspected
breach of security; (ii) report to ComplianceBridge Corp. immediately and use
reasonable efforts to stop immediately any copying or distribution of Content
that is known or suspected by you or your Users; and (iii) not impersonate
another ComplianceBridge Corp. user or provide false identity information to
gain access to or use the Service.
4. Account
Information and Data
ComplianceBridge
Corp. does not own any data, information or material that you submit to the
Service in the course of using the Service ("Customer Data"). You,
not ComplianceBridge Corp., shall have sole responsibility for the accuracy,
quality, integrity, legality, reliability, appropriateness, and intellectual
property ownership or right to use of all Customer Data, and ComplianceBridge Corp.
shall not be responsible or liable for the deletion, correction, destruction,
damage, loss or failure to store any Customer Data. In the event this Agreement
is terminated (other than by reason of your breach), ComplianceBridge Corp.
will make available to you a file of the Customer Data within 30 days of
termination if you so request at the time of termination. ComplianceBridge
Corp. reserves the right to withhold, remove and/or discard Customer Data
without notice for any breach. Upon termination for cause, your right to access
or use Customer Data immediately ceases, and ComplianceBridge Corp. shall have
no obligation to maintain or forward any Customer Data.
5. Intellectual Property Ownership
ComplianceBridge Corp.
retains all rights, title and interest in the Software and any portion thereof
and in all copies, modifications and derivative works of the Software and
portions thereof including, without limitation, all rights to patent,
copyright, trade secret, trademark and other proprietary or intellectual
property rights and Licensee may not use any name, mark or designation used by ComplianceBridge Corp. or its licensors.
.
6. Data Storage
The maximum disk
storage space provided to you at no charge is 10GB per Licensed Domain.
ComplianceBridge Corp. reserves the right to establish or modify its general
practices and limits relating to storage of Customer Data.
7. Contact Information
You agree to provide ComplianceBridge Corp. with complete and
accurate Contact information. This
information includes your legal company name, street address, e-mail address,
and name and telephone number of an authorized Contact and Administrator. You
agree to update this information within 30 days of any change to it. If the
contact information you have provided is false or fraudulent, ComplianceBridge
Corp. reserves the right to terminate your access to the Service in addition to
any other legal remedies.
8. Representations & Warranties
Each party
represents and warrants that it has the legal power and authority to enter into
this Agreement. ComplianceBridge Corp. represents and warrants that it will
provide the Service in a manner consistent with general industry standards
reasonably applicable to the provision thereof and that the Service will
perform substantially in accordance with the online help documentation under
normal use and circumstances. You represent and warrant that you have not
falsely identified yourself nor provided any false information to gain access
to the Service and that your Contact information is correct.
9. Mutual Indemnification
You shall
indemnify and hold ComplianceBridge Corp., its licensors and each such party's
parent organizations, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees,
attorneys and agents harmless from and against any and all claims, costs,
damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys' fees and costs)
arising out of or in connection with: (i) a claim alleging that use of the
Customer Data infringes the rights of, or has caused harm to, a third party;
(ii) a claim, which if true, would constitute a violation by you of your
representations and warranties; or (iii) a claim arising from the breach by you
or your Users of this Agreement, provided in any such case that
ComplianceBridge Corp. (a) gives written notice of the claim promptly to you;
(b) gives you sole control of the defense and settlement of the claim (provided
that you may not settle or defend any claim unless you unconditionally release
ComplianceBridge Corp. of all liability and such settlement does not affect
ComplianceBridge Corp.'s business or Service); (c) provides to you all
available information and assistance; and (d) has not compromised or settled
such claim.
ComplianceBridge
Corp. shall indemnify and hold you and your parent organizations, subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents harmless from
and against any and all claims, costs, damages, losses, liabilities and
expenses (including attorneys' fees and costs) arising out of or in connection
with: (i) a claim alleging that the Service directly infringes a copyright, a
U.S. patent issued as of the Effective Date, or a trademark of a third party;
(ii) a claim, which if true, would constitute a violation by ComplianceBridge
Corp. of its representations or warranties; or (iii) a claim arising from
breach of this Agreement by ComplianceBridge Corp.; provided that you (a)
promptly give written notice of the claim to ComplianceBridge Corp.; (b) give
ComplianceBridge Corp. sole control of the defense and settlement of the claim
(provided that ComplianceBridge Corp. may not settle or defend any claim unless
it unconditionally releases you of all liability); (c) provide to
ComplianceBridge Corp. all available information and assistance; and (d) have
not compromised or settled such claim. ComplianceBridge Corp. shall have no
indemnification obligation, and you shall indemnify ComplianceBridge Corp.
pursuant to this Agreement, for claims arising from any infringement arising
from the combination of the Service with any of your products, service,
hardware or business process(s).
10. Limitation of Liability
In no event
shall either party's aggregate liability exceed the amounts actually paid by
and/or due from you in the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the
event giving rise to such claim. In no event shall either party and/or its
licensors be liable to anyone for any indirect, punitive, special, exemplary,
incidental, consequential or other damages of any type or kind (including loss
of data, revenue, profits, use or other economic advantage) arising out of, or
in any way connected with this service, including but not limited to the use or
inability to use the service, or for any content obtained from or through the
service, any interruption, inaccuracy, error or omission, regardless of cause
in the content, even if the party from which damages are being sought or such
party's licensors have been previously advised of the possibility of such
damages.
11. Disclaimer of Warranties
COMPLIANCEBRIDGE
CORP. AND ITS LICENSORS MAKE NO REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR GUARANTY AS TO THE
RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, QUALITY, SUITABILITY, TRUTH, AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY OR
COMPLETENESS OF THE SERVICE OR ANY CONTENT. COMPLIANCEBRIDGE CORP. AND ITS
LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT (A) THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE
SECURE, TIMELY, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OR OPERATE IN COMBINATION WITH ANY
OTHER HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, SYSTEM OR DATA, (B) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR
REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS, (C) ANY STORED DATA WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE,
(D) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL
OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR
EXPECTATIONS, (E) ERRORS OR DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR (F) THE SERVICE OR
THE SERVER(S) THAT MAKE THE SERVICE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER
HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE SERVICE AND ALL CONTENT IS PROVIDED TO YOU STRICTLY ON
AN "AS IS" BASIS. ALL CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES,
WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED TO
THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW BY COMPLIANCEBRIDGE CORP. AND
ITS LICENSORS.
12. Internet Delays
Compliancebridge
corp.'s services may be subject to limitations, delays, and other problems
inherent in the use of the internet and electronic communications.
Compliancebridge corp. Is not responsible for any delays, delivery failures, or
other damage resulting from such problems.
13. Modification to Terms
ComplianceBridge
Corp. reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions of this Agreement
or its policies relating to the Service at any time, effective upon posting of
an updated version of this Agreement on the Service. You are responsible for
regularly reviewing this Agreement. Continued use of the Service after any such
changes shall constitute your consent to such changes.
14. Assignment; Change in Control
This Agreement
may not be assigned by you without the prior written approval of
ComplianceBridge Corp. but may be assigned without your consent by
ComplianceBridge Corp. to (i) a parent or subsidiary, (ii) an acquirer of
assets, or (iii) a successor by merger. Any purported assignment in violation
of this section shall be void. Any actual or proposed change in control of you
that results or would result in a direct competitor of ComplianceBridge Corp.
directly or indirectly owning or controlling 50% or more of you shall entitle
ComplianceBridge Corp. to terminate this Agreement for cause immediately upon
written notice.
15. General
Governing
Law. This Agreement and any dispute arising hereunder shall be
governed by the laws of the State of California, excluding its choice of law
principles.
Questions or
Additional Information:
If you have
questions regarding this Agreement or wish to obtain additional information,
please send an email to info@ComplianceBridge.com.